ide scsi hdd compatability

[rm333]

i have run a search and only found one post that addressed this issue about 9 months ago.

here is what i have:

asus a7v333 motherboard
athlon 2100 xp
512mb ddr
ibm dcas-34330w 4 gig scsi (for os & pgms)
plextor pxr820 t cd-r scsi
plextor px40 ts cd-rom scsi
delta 1010
soundblaster audigy
cakewalk pro 8
win 98

here is what i want to do:

add a large (80 gig or so) ide drive for audio.

are any of you aware of any conflicts that might arise from this set up?

have any of you used a similar mix of drive types?

would any of you care to give a blow by blow description of how i would set up the drive for best audio drive performance once installed?

thanks in advance.

 

[jake-owa]

I've never done this exact thing, but it should be fine. Really the OS being on a scsi will only minimize the issues with the OS and CPU access. Maybe someone has had problems but the IDE drives sold today are plenty fast for all but the most demanding situations. And the regular setup will be fine, just be sure to enable dma transfers.

Now the Audigy on the other hand...

 

[Bigus Dickus]

rm333,

You should have no problem installing the IDE as a storage/audio drive. For two years I ran a similar setup, with a SCSI drive for my OS and programs (and also contained the boot sector, which isn't exactly common with mixed SCSI/IDE systems) and a large IDE for storage etc.

In your case, since you already have the OS installed on the SCSI drive, installation should be a breeze. Simply plug in the drive and boot the computer, that's it. BIOS should pick it up.

If you're using winNT, win2000, or winXP, you can then format the drive using the administrative tools. 98SE or winME might require a boot to DOS to format, but I haven't done that in ages.

 

[Badger]

You may have to tell your bios that the scsi drive is the boot device.

 

[rm333]

thanks for the responses guys.
i did fail to mention the os is win98. i went back and added that. i'm pretty sure i remember how to format in dos so that should be no problem.

as for the soundblaster... i know. but i stuck it in there as a cheap sampler after having read this article on prorec.com:

http://prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/E5F90F70241EFF6D862566B20024C532

i'm new to all this and i've learned more from this bbs in one week than i have elsewhere in the last few months. thanks for the information.

 

[SBax]

I have a 20 G ide and a 80 G SCSI ultra 160 and have no problems. And jake-owa is right, the ide drives are so fast and cheap that SCSI doesn't make sense unless you're burning CDs and recording multitracks at the same time. (Now there's a productive homerec'er!)